Fifty years ago Francis Crick and James D. Watson proposed the double helix model for the DNA molecule. They believed they had, as Crick put it, discovered the "secret of life," and many agreed. But in the intervening years, science has marched--sometimes leaped--forward, and now the question "What is life?" must be posed once again. In this accessible and fascinating book, Michel Morange draws on recent advances in molecular genetics, evolutionary biology, astrobiology, and other disciplines to find today's answers to ...
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Fifty years ago Francis Crick and James D. Watson proposed the double helix model for the DNA molecule. They believed they had, as Crick put it, discovered the "secret of life," and many agreed. But in the intervening years, science has marched--sometimes leaped--forward, and now the question "What is life?" must be posed once again. In this accessible and fascinating book, Michel Morange draws on recent advances in molecular genetics, evolutionary biology, astrobiology, and other disciplines to find today's answers to the question of life. He begins by discussing the various answers that have been formulated in the past, setting contemporary definitions of life within a rich philosophical and scientific tradition that reaches back to ancient Greece. Then, with impeccable logic and a wealth of appropriate detail, Morange proceeds to lay out the fundamental characteristics that define life. The road to an understanding of life remains incompletely charted, he concludes, but the nature of its final destination is no longer an enigma.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 205 p. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2008017943 Type of material Book Personal name Morange, Michel. Uniform title Vie explique?e. English Main title Life explained / Michel Morange; translated by Matthew Cobb and Malcolm DeBevoise. Published/Created New Haven: Yale University Press; Paris: E?ditions Odile Jacob, c2008. Description xv, 205 p.; 22 cm. ISBN 9780300137323 (alk. paper) 030013732X (alk. paper) 9780300158502 (pbk. ) LC classification QH331. M6313 2008 Subjects Biology--Philosophy. Notes "A Caravan book"--T.p. verso. Translated from the French. Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-196) and index. Dewey class no. 570 Language code eng fre National bib no. GBA888000 National bib agency no. 014668341 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn216936077 (OCoLC)216936077
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